When Robert Eschbach became mayor of Ottawa, Illinois, in 1999, his community was in serious trouble. Ottawa was in a dispiriting descent, battered by job loss, recurring flooding, a badly ...

Tune-in Thursday, July 27 as WGN Radio’s Your Hometown series highlights Ottawa, Illinois! Ottawa, “the middle of everywhere”, is the seat of LaSalle County about 80 miles southwest of Chicago off ...

OTTAWA, Ill. — Historic Ottawa is a two-hour drive southwest of the Loop and is Chicago’s sister city. It’s home to the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, great restaurants and so much more. Take a walk ...

OTTAWA, Ill. (WLS) -- It's never too late to skydive! Dorothy Hoffner, who is 104 years old, jumped out of a plane on Sunday afternoon in Ottawa, Illinois and landed to a cheering crowd.

Some listing photos are “virtually staged,” meaning they have been digitally altered to represent different furnishing or decorating options. To feature your luxury listing of $1,000,000 or more in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. OTTAWA, Ill. — An Ottawa restaurant was ...